Well this morning I was in a hynopompic state for quite some time seeing Norma Corrigan playing piano and signing to Tony Orlando and Dawn's "Tie a Yelllow Ribbon Song." This was my recollection of an actual event of 47 years ago: Norma was my grade school music teacher. Even though I remember my friends and me eschewing her class and her in general, in retrospect, she was freaking great. She was glowing with joy and excitement when she would play and dissect what she thought would be songs that were either popular or which we could resonate with. Case in point, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Glen Campbell, 10cc, Jimmy Crack Corn, but I don't care, my master's gone away. Shit loads more but that's all I got now.
Norma's dead now. But she lived a long time. Not surprising. That joy she resonated was surely a fuel for a long life:
https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/obituaries/article_db6a57f4-8c48-5554-86b7-171711a56cfe.html
Maybe tonight I will try and channel her. I could certainly do worse. Maybe to see her face light up again when Tony sees all those yellow ribbons on the oak tree.
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